Fireplace ventilator and heater.



H. C. ING.

FIREPLACE VENTILATOR AND HEATER.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 9. 1913.

1,183,300. Patented May16,1916.

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FIREPLACE VENTILATOR AND HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, I913.

Swuewltoz Patented May 16, 1916.

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HENRY C AY ING, or cnnrs'rornnn, ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CLAY Inc, a citizen of the United States, residing at Christopher, in the county of Franklin and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fireplace Ventilators and Heaters, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention is an improved fire place heater and ventilator for use in a fire place for heating and ventilating a room and also for use for heating an additional room or rooms, the invention consisting in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved fire place heater and ventilator embodying a grate, a hollow back for the grate, a drum arranged on the upper side of the hollow back, intake and outlet pipes connecting the hollow back and drum to draw in air causing the same to be heated and discharge the heated air into the upper part of the room or into another room and also embodying dampers to coact with'the drum for regulating the draft of the fire and through the chimney:

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fire place heater and ventilator constructed in accordance with my invention showing the same arranged for use in the fire place of a chinmey and with the hot air duct discharging into the room at a point near the ceiling. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same.

In accordance with my invention I provide a box shaped structure, having an open top and an open front. The back 1 is hollow and is here shown as comprising a bot tom 2 a front wall 3, a rear wall 4: and a rearwardly and upwardly inclined top or upper wall 5. At the sides of the hollow back are jamb pieces 6 which are vertical walls arranged at right angles to the hollow back and projecting forwardly therefrom and at opposite sides of a fire place the device being adapted to be installed in a fire place for use. On the front side of the hollow back is a grate 7 which projects forwardly therefrom and 'is here shown as supported on flanges or ledges 8 with which the jamb pieces and the front side of the hollow back are provided.

At one end of the hollow back is an intake opening 9 to which in practice an in- Specification of Letters'latent.

rInEPLAcE VENTILATOR AND HEATER.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed September 9, 1913. Serial No. 788,945.

take pipe 10 is attached to supply the hollow backwith air either from out of doors orfrom a point near the bottom of the floor in which the heater and ventilator is used. Above the hollow. back and spaced from'the inclined upper wall othereof is a drum 11 which is connected to the hollow back by one .ormore pipes, 12, and from the drum,

at a point a maximum distance from the pipe 12 leads a discharge duct or pipe 13 which extends up the chimney flue and discharges into the room with which the heater and ventilator is used at a point near the ceiling as indicated at 14 or the said duct may lead to another room or rooms to supply the same with heated air from the hollow back and drum, it being understood that when the device is in operation the heat from the grate causes the hollow back and drum to be heated so that the air drawn into thehollow back through the opening 9 and discharged therefrom into the drum through the pipe 12, is thoroughly heated and is used for heating and ventilating purposes in the room or rooms to which the pipe 13 is connected.

A cross bar 14 is arranged at the upper front corners of the j amb pieces 6 and connects said jamb pieces together. A flue or passage 15 is formed between the top of the hollow back and the lower side of the drum and a similar flue or passage 16 is formed between the top of the drum and the cross bar 14. 'A damper 17 is provided to control the flue or passage 15 and is hinged at its lower side to the back of the hollow back 1 at the upper side thereof as at 18 and is adapted to be moved rearwardly to open the flue or passage 15 and to be moved forwardly and caused to bear against the rear side of the drum 11 in order to close said flue or passage. A damper 19 is also provided which is hinged to the cross bar 14 and may be moved toward or from the drum to open or close the passage 16 as shown in Fig. 2. Operating rods 17 and 19 are here shown for the respective dampers.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of my invention'and within the scope of the appended, claim.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

The herein described fire place heater and ventilator comprising a box like structure open at its top and also at its front side and adapted to be placed in a fire place, said structure having a hollow back provided with air inlet and outlet openings, said hollow back having a rear wall, side walls and also a front wall, the side walls of said hollow back being common with those of the structure and the side walls of the structure forming amb pieces which extend forwardly from the hollow back, a front plate having an opening therein to expose the fire place, a grate arranged between and connected by the jamb pieces and bearing at its rear side against the front side of the wall of the hollow back, a drum arranged between the jamb pieces and spaced from the upper portion of the hollow back and the rear of the upper portion of the front plate so that fines are formed above and below the drum, the drum being connected to the air discharge opening of the hollow back and being provided with a discharge duct, and dampers for the flues above and below the drum and also arranged between the said jamb pieces and connected thereby.

In testimony whereofI aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY CLAY ING.

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Washington, D. G. 

